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Tom Robbins

Crime

Karl Taylor's Death Was an Avoidable Tragedy

American prisons can’t handle mentally ill inmates.

Tom Robbins The Atlantic Nov 2018 25min Permalink

Crime

Judith Clark’s Radical Transformation

She went to jail 35 years ago after driving the getaway car in an infamous robbery and defiantly refusing to admit the act was wrong. Her sentence was 75 years. But something changed in prison — Judy Clark went from radical to model inmate. This week her sentence was commuted.

Tom Robbins New York Times Magazine Jan 2012 25min Permalink

Crime

Attica’s Ghosts

Brutality persists at the famous prison.

Tom Robbins The Marshall Project Feb 2015 30min Permalink

Judith Clark's Radical Transformation

How prison changed the mother and militant who was sentenced to 75 years for her role in a deadly 1981 Brinks truck heist.

Tom Robbins New York Times Magazine Jan 2012 25min Permalink